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HOME NURSING SERVICE
Section 25
Miss F. E. Curtis, Superintendent of Home Nurses, reports that the
Home Nursing Service continues to be used to capacity, work being
received in the main from general practitioners and hospitals.
The figures show an increase in the total number of visits paid during
1957 and there have been some changes in the overall pattern of the work.
1. Patients of all types are receiving care over a longer period than
in previous years.
2. There is a well marked increase in the number of patients over
the age of 65 years. These patients received 5,444 more visits
than in 1956.
3. Twice the number of visits were paid in 1957 to children under
the age of five than in 1956.
Apart from these changes the work has followed its usual lines with
still the preponderance of therapy by injection and care of the aged sick.
Hospital beds for patients in the latter category are still difficult to obtain
and are often a very urgent need.